but will admit he needs to do more to rebuild voter's trust. good morning. it's sunday the 26th february. also ahead: theresa may faces a brexit rebellion by her own peers, as lord heseltine vows to back opposition calls for a change in the bill to trigger article 50. calls to ban smoking outside hospitals in england. health officials say patients need better support to kick the habit, if there's to be a smoke—free nhs. in sport, in the six nations, scotland beat wales for the first time in ten years. the scots trailed at the break, but responded with two tries in an excellent 29—13 win at murrayfield. # are you shining just for me.#

will la la land sweep the board at the oscars? we'll get the latest from los angeles, as hollywood prepares for its biggest night of the year. and ben has the weather. good morning. some eastern parts might get some glimpses of bright as this morning, but generally it is another cloudy day. some outbreaks of rain towards the north—west and some very windy weather in the west. full details in about 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. jeremy corbyn has said he takes his share of responsibility for the party's defeat in the copeland by election. in an article for the sunday mirror, he says labour has not done enough to rebuild trust with people who don't feel the party represents them. but he does insist he will continue in his role as labour leader, as our political correspondent carole walker reports. jeremy corbyn is again making it clear he is not standing down and there will be no change of direction. he was in stoke last week when labour saw off the challenge

from ukip to hold onto the seat, but he says his party's defeat in copeland was deeply disappointing and he takes his share of responsibility. the tories claimed their victory in copeland was an endorsement of theresa may's leadership and policies. but the labour leader urges his party to stand together, to turn back the tory tide. mr corbyn says places like copeland have been left behind by globalisation. he admits labour hasn't done enough to rebuild trust with people who he says have been sold out for decades and don't feel labour represents them. in his article in the sunday mirror, he writes: but his words are unlikely to reassure the critics in his party, who fear they are heading for defeat at the general election

under his leadership. the conservative former deputy prime minister lord heseltine has said he will rebel against the government on its brexit bill. writing in the mail on sunday, the senior peer said he would support an amendment to the article 50 legislation so that parliament can have what he describes as a meaningful vote on a final deal with the eu. our political correspondent tom bartonjoins us from our london newsroom. what exactly is lord heseltine after? tory grandees don't come much more grand than lord heseltine. he held five different cabinet positions with both margaret thatcher and john major. he has now appeared in house of lords and he says he could defy theresa may and back an amendment which would give parliament the final say over brexit negotiations. now, he did campaign

for remain in the referendum. he does insist that he isn't heading for a confrontation with the government, instead he wants to make sure that parliament can exercise what he calls its proper oath or itchy over the issue —— proper authority. he says that could mean he defies a three line whip. the brexited minister in the house of lords, lord bridges, has appealed for yea rs lords, lord bridges, has appealed for years not to amend this legislation, as lord heseltine is talking about doing. he warned them that doing anything to tie the prime ministers‘s hands in the negotiations would be wrong. thank you very much. a leaked report has suggested that mo farah's coach alberto salazar may have broken anti—doping rules to boost the performance of some athletes. the document from the us anti doping agency, which is dated march 2016, was apparently passed to the sunday times by russian hackers. it appears to allege that salazar almost certainly broke the rules

by giving some of his athletes a performance enhancing substance. he and mo farah have always denied breaching anti—doping regulations. iraqi forces are continuing their advancement into western mosul in an attempt to remove the so called islamic state from iraq's second largest city. our correspondent wyre davies has been to an advanced iraqi military base, where american troops and advisers are proving a key part of the mosul offensive. hejoins us now. we know that troops captured the airport on thursday. ring us up—to—date with current progress. there is progress on the ground, but it is incredibly slow, despite the american help in terms of artillery and their support. the reality is that now the iraqi troops have got into the western part of the city, they are meeting stiff resistance. there are about 750,000 civilians inside the city. they have tried to

escape and will do over the coming days. it will have to be careful when they attacked us of the city, so when they attacked us of the city, so the civilian population isn't affected. the other problem i've seen affected. the other problem i've seen over affected. the other problem i've seen over the past couple of days is this use of devices, explosives, left in houses and buildings, under the road. there this tactic of small, commercially available drones being used to drop bombs and grenades onto civilians and troops. a colleague who has been on the front line described to me that it was raining bombs. 30 or a0 of these drawings are seeing in the air at any one time. hard to see from ground level, but dropping small bombs, which can injure and certainly have killed people in the past. so there's a lot of danger, with heavily armed troops, and of course the even greater concern of all of these civilians having to be evacuated and cared for because many of islamic state militants will be hiding inside the houses and firing

from there. thank you for now, wyre. public health england is calling for a tobacco—free nhs, banning the habit across hospital sites and giving patients support to quit. recent statistics show a quarter of people admitted to hospital were recorded as being ‘current smokers' but only seven percent were referred for treatment to help them stop. smoking on hospital grounds is already banned in scotland, wales and northern ireland. at least 28 people have been injured in the us city of new orleans after a suspected drunk driver ploughed his car into a crowd watching the annual mardi gras parade. 21 people, including children as young as three, needed hospital treatment. police say the driver was arrested and that terrorism 434.1193 $2?2“?‘?§e=§%z" it's thought the sector could add billions of pounds to the uk economy by 2035, as our business correspondentjoe lynam reports. there may well be a time when robots

like this are accepted as part of our everyday life. as gentle as lambs, but chores like babysitting and with the strength for more ominous services. artificial intelligence used to be the preserve of science fiction, but ai is coming and the government thinks britain will be well—placed to benefit. artificial intelligence is when machines imitate human behaviour and where robots can be trained to take important decisions without being ordered to do so by humans. i'm a sophisticated combination of hardware and software... the department of culture, media and sport believes ai could be worth an additional £65a billion to the uk economy within 20 years. before that, though, the government will spend £17 million on al research, including into surgical micro—robotics, as well as robots capable of operating within nuclear facilities.

some may worry, though, that self thinking computers could cause more harm than good. others say that this will happen anyway and it's best that the uk economy benefits from it rather than losing out. the search for an 18—year—old man reported to have fallen off arbroath cliff in angus will resume this morning. the emergency services were alerted yesterday lunchtime, but an operation including a helicopter, lifeboat and land based rescuers, failed to find the missing teenager. police in malaysia have declared kuala lumpur airport, where the half brother of north korea's leader was killed with a nerve agent 12 days ago, to be safe. security officials carried out a detailed search of the terminal building for the presence of vx and other toxic chemicals, but found nothing. final preparations are being made for the oscars ceremony, which takes place in hollywood tonight. with 1a nominations, the musical la la land is expected to be a big winner, but the dramas moonlight and manchester by the sea

are also tipped to do well. a pregnant giraffe in new york has become an unlikely youtube sensation after zookeepers began live streaming her labour. ifeel sorry for her! she's expecting her fourth calf and has more than 30 million people logging on to watch. she gained even more fans when the video was taken down, after animal rights extremists complained it was a violation of its nudity and sexual content policy. massive interest on this. let's go to the live pictures. that's april right now. she looks like she's having a rest and she looks like she's pretty fed up with the whole thing! clearly nothing much happening at the moment. if something does happen, obviously we will bring you news of that when it comes. but

that's the picture, live from new york this morning. they always say, rest when you can during labour. that's clearly what she is doing! more from new york and april later. and we will of course talk about the 0scars. a big night in hollywood. we will be discussing it before the ceremony later. banning smoking outside hospitals and handing out nicotine patches are just a couple of plans by public health england to get people to quit the habit. the ideas are part of its tobacco—free nhs campaign. joining us now from our london newsroom is the chief executive of public health england, duncan selbie. good morning. angie for your time. too many people this would seem obvious. the obvious step to try to discourage people from smoking. i know in parts of the country it is already banned. why is it still

happening outside some hospitals? good morning. it is perhaps a surprise to know that at any point one infour surprise to know that at any point one in four in patients in hospital smoke. although the numbers of smokers is at an all—time low, the opportunity when you are in a hospital to have that conversation about how to help you quit is really there to be taken. given that we know that most people want to quit, when you are in a hospital to have that conversation would make a huge difference. people have been in touch saying one of the things about being in hospital, visiting relatives, is walking through this wall of smoke at the entrance areas. is this not been possibly enforced? should they not have people out and about saying, you can't smoke in this area? obviously we would prefer

that didn't happen. until recently that didn't happen. until recently that was the hospital chief executive. —— i was. i know how difficult that is. there are places that are managing to have that conversation and obviously we would like everybody to be doing more, but oui’ like everybody to be doing more, but our interest is really about how we can get help to people who want to quit. for the individual, the consequences can be devastating. 0ne in two will die early and will have tobacco related illness for many yea rs. tobacco related illness for many years. for the nhs itself that's almost 500,000 in admissions each year. almost 500,000 in admissions each yea r. costs a re almost 500,000 in admissions each year. costs are enormous. so both for the individual and the nhs, this opportunity, when you are actually in the nhs, when a doctor or therapist says to you, do you smoke? there is help we can get you for this, we need to take that opportunity. so it is an issue about the nhs looking like it doesn't

promote smoking. so having people smoking outside the buildings. that's not something we are keen on. we are asking people to pay attention to that. but that's not the real issue. i understand that. you are saying there needs to be the support, it was this is an access point for help, for people to get is. smoking help. —— get stopped smoking. it is a stressful time in hospital and smoking is an acute addiction and you can'tjust push people off a cliff edge and deprive them of cigarettes like that, can you? we have no intention. this isn't about forcing people, this is about helping people. seven out of ten want to quit, so it is the chance when they are in hospital to get them in touch with people who can help and we know that if you get that help you are four times more likely to quit forever and the nhs is full of stories of hospitals that are giving practical help and advice. what we want is to see that

more universal. we want to see that spread everywhere. many thanks. keep your comments coming in stopping this person says, are we going to ban eating pies and chips? and this person says one of the only things you get to help with relief in the hospital is smoking. there is a lot going on in the weather. there is. turbulent times in terms of weather. the good news. some brightness out there this morning. this picture from one of our weather watchers in the west midlands. this is not the whole story. wet and windy. another named storm. storm

ewan. named by the irish met service. that is because of the impact they expect in ireland. things are not looking that bad here. but still some wet weather in the north and west of england. that, increasingly strong winds through the irish sea. in the midlands to east england, brightness. that is for a time before things cloud over. through this afternoon around the coast of south—west england, 50—60 miles per hour with the wind. a similar story in north—west england. northern ireland as well and also southern scotland. not a great aid to head to the coast and walk over the hills, i have to say. —— day. the rain will snow in scotland later on. cold air will take over. mildest

in the south—east. rain overnight here tending to fizzle away. some cold airand here tending to fizzle away. some cold air and hefty showers. windy in the far north of scotland for a while, 50—60 miles per hour. not unusualfor while, 50—60 miles per hour. not unusual for that part of the world. temperatures dipping away overnight. cold air. icy stretches tomorrow morning. tomorrow, iseek cold air. icy stretches tomorrow morning. tomorrow, i seek you start. blustery winds especially in southern areas. —— icy to start. showers packing in from the west. some heavy with hail and fund it. if you get a heavy shower, sleet and snow. lower levels, temperatures are lower than they have been. a—8 degrees. a lot going on with the weather. a lot to keep track of. nazi germany's bombing campaign against britain in world war two

lasted for eight months and killed a3,000 people. but despite the heavy bombardment, two police officers managed to document the devastation through a series of photographs. now, those rarely—seen images are going on display at an exhibition in london. 0ur reporter, caroline davies, has been to see them. here again are the same firefighters who face peril in danger with courage. london during the blitz. a newsreel showing resilience and there wasn't. the museum of london exhibition shows a different side. some photographs, and some unexpected contributors. two city policemen. they were recording the damage to the city. partially with the name of recording it so they could think about reconstruction afterwards. it is not known if these images were ever used to help rebuild. the destruction was potentially too great. london. what

colossal strength runs through her veins. even today, many of the images we usually see of the blitz we re images we usually see of the blitz were recorded as propaganda. but these images were never meant to be seen these images were never meant to be seen by the public. a coat still hanging on the back of the door. less defined, more private. bookcases rip apart. london did rebuild after the blitz. what is striking about these photographs is that they show a city so familiar destroyed in a way that none of us have ever experienced. you cannot help but look at the images of the bombed cities without thinking about current political events. it is inevitable, i think. current political events. it is inevitable, ithink. this current political events. it is inevitable, i think. this new exhibition shows a city destroyed by war, this time, without the fanfare. caroline davies, bbc news. you're watching breakfast from bbc

news. time now for a look at the newspapers. welcome, dr stuart farrimond. good morning. we will dive straight in. the mirror. schools. page four. schools in crisis over £2.5 billion of tory cuts. i pulled this one out because it brings attention to the amount offunding because it brings attention to the amount of funding crisis there is in schools. i used three schools. i used to teach, three yea rs schools. i used to teach, three years igif education. schools. i used to teach, three years 352... education. i forébief ~ we ,,,,-,,,,, can vouch for this important. we have a per capita cut in schools. it is really important, i think, that we do not cut funding in the way that we are doing. i mean, some statistics. half a million children in class sizes of more than 30.

50,000 teachers left teaching last year. i mean, i left teaching for that reason. the first wave of austerity and cuts just a few years ago. how does that manifest itself in the classroom when you talk about big class sizes? what does it mean for yourjob? when i say it went for me having 15 in an a level standard course to 25— 30, you cannot give the students the attention that they need. when they have problems, you literally cannot help with crowd control and just trying to keep ahead of the plan. if we want good education for our children, we have to deal with this. we have to be cautious. we have seen major investment in schools in recent yea rs. investment in schools in recent years. the government, if they were here, would say we are putting millions in and training new

teachers, and building new schools. something is going right. teachers, and building new schools. something is going rightlj teachers, and building new schools. something is going right. i am biased based on my personal experiences. yes, iwould. i mean, i went to a competitive schools. and i am...i went to a competitive schools. and i am... iama went to a competitive schools. and i am... i am a believer in that. i am that way inclined. and i kind of, i eeee {eea'eei'eee' eeaf'eaele eeee {eea'eei'eee eeaf'eaele 17,7 eeee {eea'eei'eee' eeaf'eaele it.-.“ things ’ little t" ' eeee {eea'eei'eee' eeaf'eaele my 711“! things 7 little te 7 eeee {eea'eei'eee' eeaf'eaele my 75efi‘ima go little te 7 fw% lift fun-bee standard ~ w -. ”w, fw% lift eee wee; standard of , w w yeah, of comprehensive comet yeah, of comprehensive schools. —— of, yeah, of. comet yeah, of comprehensive schools. -- of, yeah, of. the 0bserver. a freeze many people are not aware of. they can use. —— phrase. —— fake news. not aware of. they can use. —— phrase. -- fake news. he you really think people aren't aware of it? donald trump is bringing attention to fa ke donald trump is bringing attention

to fake news. we had a fact checking organisation on breakfast the other day. he mentions otherfact organisation on breakfast the other day. he mentions other fact checking agencies. he talks about the importance of, when you look at the news, check that it is based on fa ct. news, check that it is based on fact. fake news, what is the difference between that and news thatis difference between that and news that is real and may be misrepresent the facts but gets statistics and things wrong. here are some headlines. nine out of ten nuns are pregnant after giving shelter to immigrant, scientists say women are

mammals, not humans, and a manfell offa mammals, not humans, and a manfell off a bridge after playing pokemon go. these were shared on social media. i would have believed the last one. fake news keeps you guessing. you never know what to believe. it is hard to know. especially with the internet. so many of us get our news on line. facebook is increasing in how we use it to get our news. it is really difficult. a really difficult story. a human story. yes. this is looking at jane mccann, meeting a human story. yes. this is looking atjane mccann, meeting the a human story. yes. this is looking at jane mccann, meeting the parents of hannah cross, who died at the age of hannah cross, who died at the age of 13 after five visit to her doctors. —— visits. this touches me in several levels. the family have been inspired to fund raise and to do something positive about this very rare cancer. | do something positive about this very rare cancer. i was do something positive about this very rare cancer. i was diagnosed with a brain tumour ten years ago now. wow! and i know that at the

time that inspired me to do fundraising and to use it as something positive. and so it is... it is... it is great to see that. it is really therapeutic. and the fact they visited the gp so many times. it is such a rare condition. having been a doctor, i know that missed diagnoses always happen. you cannot a lwa ys diagnoses always happen. you cannot always point the blame at gps. they have ten minute appointments on average, the lowest we think in developed nations. and so i think that you do have to... if something isn't right, you have to keep going and understand that they are under a lot of pressure and they may not get it the first time every time. we will talk more about that next time.

but for now, stuart, it is nice to see you. thank you. the andrew marr programme is on bbc one at 9 o'clock. what have you got coming up today andrew? it is the relative calm after the by—election storms. i havejeremy corbyn's closest ally in many ways talking about labour's loss of copeland and what happened in stoke—on—trent were ukip failed to keep that sit. and the tories have a triumphant mood saying they are the working class party. i will talk to patrick mcloughlin. i will talk to hugh jackman, better patrick mcloughlin. i will talk to huthackman, better known as wolverine, talking about the last of the x—men movies. no fake news at all. good to hear! see you later. coming up in the next half hour: could blackbirds help beat the blues? as scientists say being able to see birds can help promote good mental

health, we'll meet the birdwatcher who says his hobby helped him deal with depression. stay with us. headlines coming up. hello. this is breakfast, with ben thompson and rachel burden. coming up before 8am, ben will have the weather. it's a real mixed day. stay tuned for that. but first, a summary of this morning's main news. jeremy corbyn says he takes his share of responsibility for labour's defeat in last thursday's by—election in copeland. in an article for the sunday mirror, he says the party has not done enough to rebuild trust with people who don't feel it represents them. mr corbyn also reiterated his determination to stay on as leader and finish the job of winning power. the conservative former deputy prime minister, lord heseltine, has said he will rebel against the government on its brexit bill. writing in the mail on sunday, the senior peer said he would support an amendment to the article 50 legislation so that parliament can have what he describes as a meaningful vote on a final deal with the eu.

a leaked report has suggested that mo farah's coach alberto salazar may have broken anti—doping rules to boost the performance of some athletes. the document from the us anti doping agency, which is dated march 2016, was apparently passed to the sunday times by russian hackers. it appears to allege that salazar almost certainly broke the rules by giving some of his athletes a performance enhancing substance. he and mo farah have always denied breaching anti—doping regulations. public health england is calling for a tobacco—free nhs, banning the habit across hospital sites and giving patients support to quit. recent statistics show a quarter of people admitted to hospital were recorded as being ‘current smokers' but only 7% were referred for treatment to help them stop. smoking on hospital grounds is already banned in scotland, wales and northern ireland. speaking earlier 0n breakfast, the

chief executive of public health england told us this. this isn't about forcing people, this is about helping people. seven out of ten people say they want to quit, so with his chance when they are in the hospital to get them in touch with people who can help and we know that if you get that help you are four times more likely to quit forever. at least 28 people have been injured in the us city of new orleans after a suspected drunk driver ploughed his car into a crowd watching the annual mardi gras parade. 21 people, including children as young as three, needed hospital treatment. police say the driver was arrested and that terrorism was not suspected. final preparations are being made for the oscars ceremony, which takes place in hollywood tonight. with 1a nominations, the musical la la land is expected to be a big winner, but the dramas moonlight, and manchester by the sea, are also tipped to do well. you still haven't seen la la land! i

haven't. i did see lion last night. and of course i've seenjackie as well. we will discuss those later. we will talk to somebody who doesn't like la la land. brilliant six nations yesterday. it was. that's them celebrating one of scotland's two tries. it was historic. the first time they have beaten wales in ten years. an excellent victory for scotland. ireland are at the top of the six nations table this morning. they came from behind to beat france 19—9 in dublin. but it's that scotland victory that has grabbed the headlines. as patrick gearey reports. scotland shake up the six nations for the second time. at the tournament's crossroads they took the right path. so much hanging over this, for 20 minutes so little ground given, until wales set off on the open road. liam williams — the fast lane.

too quick to be stopped by any of scotland's barriers. so they tried to catch them another way. finn russell kicked scotland closer, but leigh halfpenny can kick to the horizon. consider russell trumped. four now. scotland flew out after the break. tommy seymour for the line. in the city of trainspotting, try—spotting. was it? it was, just. scotland ahead. they moved six points clear, then wales responded. this time rhys webb asked the question, but, before he reached the try line he reached touch. the answer was no try. under the pump scotland have cracked in the past, now the pressure powered them. a fizzer to tim visser, delirium vern cotter style. a first scottish victory over wales in ten years. 29—13 and all of this shows scotland's rugby resurgence and proves that they are very real contenders for this year's title. which of ireland and france could join them? that was always

predicted to be tight. a game for spotting the tiniest of spaces, conor murray's speciality. jonathan sexton thrives further out. back in the team to do this — a lovely drop. vintage sexton, in fact. 19—0 it finished. now to gather that energy. for ireland, as for scotland, the title chase is on. italy took a surprise early lead against england in the women's six nations, as sofia stefan went over in the fourth minute. but the english pack overwhelmed their opponents. hooker vicky fleetwood scored a hat—trick of almost identical tries as they won 29—1a. who play france later today. chelsea have extended their lead at the top of the premier league to 11 points after a 3—1win over swansea city at stamford bridge. cesc fabregas marked his 300th premier league appearance by firing the blues ahead. fernando llorente equalised before the interval. but after the break,

chelsea swept swansea aside with goals from pedro and diego costa. at least the goal is not two, because the other teams have to play, but for sure for us it is important to look at ourselves and to think to win. because for sure in this part of the season every win is important for us. elsewhere, crystal palace beat middlesbrough 1—0, to move out of the relegation zone, but sunderland remain bottom after losing 2—0 to everton. hull city and burnley drew 1—1, as did watford and west ham. west brom beat bournemouth 2—1. celtic have maintained their 2a point lead at the top of the scottish premiership with a 2—0 win over hamilton. moussa dembele scored both goals to give the hoops their 21st league win in a row. aberdeen moved nine points clear in the race for second place, with a 1—0 win over ross county. dundee won 5—1 away at motherwell. partick thistle beat a ten—man hearts.

and kilmarnock got their first away win since october at stjohnstone. england's one—day cricket captain eoin morgan top—scored with 95, as his side eased to a win in the first warm—up game of their west indies tour. morgan was joined by jason roy, new test captain joe root and ben stokes in scoring half—centuries, as they beat the vice chancellor's 11 by 117 runs. the first 0di of the three—match series is on friday. boxing now, and amir khan and manny pacquiao have confirmed they will take to the ring on april the 23rd. both fighters made the announcement on social media a few hours ago. no venue has been given for what khan describes as the "super fight", but pacquiao has suggested earlier this month it may take place in the united arab emirates. meanwhile, britain's gavin mcdonnell lost his world super—bantamweight

title fight against mexico's rey vargas by majority decision at the ice arena in hull last night. vargas took an early lead, but mcdonnell showed his staying power as he battled back in the final rounds. victory would have delivered britain's first simultaneous twin world champions, with jamie mcdonnell already in possession of the wba ba ntamweight belt. to rugby league, and the transatlantic adventure of toronto wolfpack started with a muddy success, as they reached the fourth round of the challenge cup. the full time pros of the wolfpack, recruited from three continents, were in west yorkshire to face amateur side siddal. and this try by adam sidlow made a little bit of history with the winning try as the canadian side won by 1a—6. there was a hairy moment for great britain's men's four bobsleigh team at the world championships in germany. the team crashed out in their second run. they ended up going head first into the wall, finishing on their side. thankfully everyone was ok. they won't feature in the remaining heats, though, because their sled failed to make it to the finish line. look at that. it looks pretty dodgy.

painfully everyone was okayed. they we re painfully everyone was okayed. they were pretty inconsolable about not finishing as well. 0bviously were pretty inconsolable about not finishing as well. obviously the main thing is they are all 0k. it is like a pinball machine. that's a great description. what sort of speeds do they go? very, very fast! really quick. something that caught my eye, england are playing italy in the six nations. the commentaries on 5 live as ever. a little piece in the mail on sunday, suggesting in order to keep england's rugby union players' feet on the ground, eddiejones is getting them to clean their dressing room. i love the idea of some of those big forwards cleaning away. ican those big forwards cleaning away. i can see it now. the all blacks did

it, keeping them firmly on the floor. good stuff. match of the day is coming up. we're here on the bbc news channel until 9am this morning. and coming up in the next hour: we'll meet a junior doctor who nearly died of anorexia, who wants more training to be given to medics on eating disorders. and from the fun of la la land to the seriousness of the white helmets. we'll take a look at what makes an oscar nominated film. all that to come on the bbc news channel. but this is where we say goodbye to viewers on bbc one. bye for now. the red carpet‘s been rolled out for the biggest night in hollywood. tonight's the 89th academy awards. and there are a few british hopes, with andrew garfield, naomie harris, and dev patel all nominated.

but it's the musical la la land which is tipped for the biggest success, it has 1a 0scar nominations. 0ur los angeles correspondent james cook's report contains flash photography. singing. hollywood's golden age, refashioned for the 21st century. at times, dazzling and bittersweet, it has a record 1a nominations. the film has three big stars, emma stone, ryan gosling, and los angeles itself. we are standing right where i was sitting when ryan gosling and emma stone drove up... the woman responsible for the breathtaking choreography in the film is now getting ready before the awards. we

are doing a medley of city of stars and audition and the fabulousjohn legend. i mean, brian and emma stone would have been good, but we have him and he is fantastic. —— ryan. . the fans will be satisfied, i hope. the fans will be satisfied, i hope. the big questions and ideas will be academy opt for the escape is of la la land, or will academy opt for the escape is of la la land, orwill it academy opt for the escape is of la la land, or will it go for a serious topic on offer by any other film? manchester by the sea, a study in grief, six nations. denzel washington stars in fences, where a father fails to bring washington stars in fences, where a fatherfails to bring up his family. it is not easy for me to admit i have been standing in place for 18 yea rs. have been standing in place for 18 years. i have been standing with you! i gave 18 years of my life to stand in the same spot as you! he is

a tall... hidden figures also looks at racism and sexism. the three women working at nasa has been a box office hit. why didn't you come home like you are supposed to? and then there is moonlight, with themes of neglect, drug addiction, and sexuality, earning a nomination to naomi harris rum britain. it shows there is a different way of operating. so i definitely think it is going to be a very political year at the oscars. notley study documentaries, several of which focus on syria and the consequences of the war. the white helmets say they will not live to see the oscars amid reports they will be refused from entering the us. we need to focus on the fact they are heroes,

some of the most brave the humanitarian in the world. they got nominated for a novell —— nobel peace prize last year. politics and protest. in some ways, the world of entertainment has never felt so serious. james cook, bbc news, in hollywood. who are the big contenders tonight? will the british get a look in? joining us now is helen 0'hara, editor—at—large of empire magazine. let us talk about the big awards. predictions that la la land will sweep the board. it seems predictable. i am sweep the board. it seems predictable. iam hoping sweep the board. it seems predictable. i am hoping for a moonlight upset. it is possible. it could well towards the end of last night. but it looks like it will be la la land all the way. argue a fan? have reservations. talk us through them. 0ver —— are you a fan.

have reservations. talk us through them. over -- are you a fan. if you are going to talk about two characters in love, you have to really develop them. emma stone is adorable but not really developed. there is an issue with la la land. it is hollywood talking about itself. they love to reward themselves and talk about themselves. that is why the artist won and the crash beat brokeback mountain. if you make a good hollywood film you will have a good chance to beat others. we will talk about la la land all day if we don't mention the others. i thought lion last night. jackie is also good. second and third place are moonlight and manchester by the sea, realistic and manchester by the sea, realistic and emotional stories. moonlight is

about a boy and his sexuality and light in florida. and a man who is called back to deal with his brother's death in manchester. tea rfests. they brother's death in manchester. tearfests. they destroyed me.l brother's death in manchester. tearfests. they destroyed me. a lot of variety. a strong year for african americans. fences, hidden figures, and moonlight. all african—american stories. and denzel washington is amazing. and the female mathematicians that got us to the moon. if ever there was a year that politics was going to get involved, it was going to be this one. we might get a view of a cce pta nce one. we might get a view of acceptance speeches that will

feature donald trump?|j acceptance speeches that will feature donald trump? i don't think they will necessarily use his name. i think meryl streep at the golden globes gave us an idea of that. she didn't use his name and i think that will be a model. but i think we will hear a lot of people talking about diversity, tolerance, acceptance and loving each other. in a way that these into the trump administration's line of people not really knowing what it is like. whereas he is a millionaire. it is one of these things. i think that they are artists and they have a responsibility to speak out if they think it is something they should do. a quick word on ricky showed. dev patel is one of them and a couple of others. —— british hopes. iam not couple of others. —— british hopes. i am not sure if they are front—runners. dev patel is great in the supporting place but it looks like the moonlight will take it. i

think the british hopes are in a more technical categories. production design, visual effects. we are production design, visual effects. we a re really production design, visual effects. we are really good in that. we are world leaders. there is hope. but this isn't going to be the british are coming this year, to be perfectly honest. we will talk more about this in about one hour. 0. here's ben with a look at this morning's weather. lots going on to talk about, but that's a beautiful shot! it really is. good morning. if the weather was a movie script it would bea weather was a movie script it would be a thriller over the next few days. any twists and turns ahead, but we start with a nice bit. this picture comes from north lincolnshire and is from one of our weather watchers. this is the view this morning from there. this is in the scottish highlands. you know what they say, a red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning. and there is something more wet and windy on the way for western areas.

have another is on, storm ewan, on our hands. but this one has been named by the irish weather service because they are concerned about impacts in the republic of ireland. having said that, we will see some pretty wet and windy weather, especially for coastal areas and over the hills. the rain already moving from northern ireland at western scotland and into england and wales. further east, brightness. but things will generally cloud over. the winds will start to pick up over. the winds will start to pick up in western areas as we over. the winds will start to pick up in western areas as we go over. the winds will start to pick up in western areas as we go through this afternoon. for coastal parts of south—west england, up to 50 mph. wales and north england, the isle of man and southern parts of scotland, up man and southern parts of scotland, up to 50— 60 mph. especially for posts and hills. not a great day for a hill walk or a trip to the coast. in northern scotland, cold air toxins. towards the south—east,

where things stay dry, it will be mild. this evening and tonight we have rain across england and wales. heavy rain and snow moving across scotla nd heavy rain and snow moving across scotland and for the northern isles, and the far north of the mainland, 60- 70 and the far north of the mainland, 60— 70 mph. that's not especially unusualfor 60— 70 mph. that's not especially unusual for this part of the world. then we have cold air. hefty showers, which could be wintry in places. so there could be some icy stretches into tomorrow morning. tomorrow could be tricky towards the north—west of the country, some heavy showers moving through, with hailand heavy showers moving through, with hail and thunder. wintry, particularly but not exclusively over high ground. it will feel considerably cooler than it has done. lots going on! varies. thank you very much. we are better prepared for having listened to you! we'll be back with the headlines at 8am. now it's time for the travel show. this week, camping in churches.

i'm going to try to go to sleep now and try and forget that i'm entirely surrounded by graves. and getting to grips with sudan. wrestling a guy in front of 2,000 people is a bit further than what i usually go. this week, i'm in kent, in england's south—east corner. this is the city of canterbury, a place of pilgrimage ever since the 12th century. britain's ancient places of worship have always attracted visitors. ca nterbury‘s competition comes from sites like york minster, westminster abbey and even the holy island of lindisfarne, but around the country there are religious treasures to be found in the smallest places. this is fordwich, about two miles down river from canterbury. with 370 local inhabitants,

they reckon this is the smallest town in the uk. here, in this barely used norman church, is my bed for the night. so it's very reassuring walking through a graveyard to get to your accommodation. i'm here for a spot of "champing" — church camping. it's available at 12 historic venues around the country. beautiful ancient sites that are rarely, if ever, used as places of mass worship any more. it's a very big hotel room. money raised from letting champers like me stay means the crumbling buildings are spared a slow, inevitable decline. there's1,a00 years of history here. you can see from the architecture that there would be little bits

from every generation, because we all make our mark on it, often trying to modernise it, whetherfor the good or the bad is another question. so i'm keen to give this champing a go, so where will i be sleeping? you'll be sleeping possibly in the executive pews because it's meant to be the warmest part of the church. it's good that it's a box pew because it stops the drafts. 0h, here we go. so, here you are. i mean, it's only 6.00pm and it's already cold. safe to say, champing is usually more of a summer activity, at least the pub next door looks like it's going to be warm. we are given historic churches by the church of england where there's no longer a worshipping congregation, but the church is of such significant historic and cultural value that it needs protecting and preserving for the future. why would anyone want to go champing? because you get to spend such a lot of time in truly amazing historic buildings.

somebody at the pub just told me that tonight is supposed to be the coldest night of the year. so that's good, as i head into my unheated church room for the night. i've got my air bed, sleeping bag. so i've just got into bed and it's quite comfy, actually. i'm quite cosy, given how cold it is, and i can see my breath. it is quite cold, it's quite noticeably cold. i think there's a jolly good reason that champing is only done during the summer. deciding to come champing

in the dead of winter was a really terrible idea. knocking hi, how are you doing? 0h... i thought you might want some coffee. you are my favourite person in the world. brilliant, and some bacon sandwiches as well. welcome! how did you get on? it was great. i mean, it's the middle of winter. but really the second i sort of actually settled down to sleep, it was really peaceful. the champing season starts around mid—march, a far more sensible time of the year to try this. bookings cost around £a0 a head, but for that you get a historic building all to yourself. so if you're thinking of heading to south—east england in the near future, here are some things you need to know. there are may day events happening all over the country, but one of our picks is the jack

in the green festival in hastings, in west sussex. four days of folk dancing and music culminates in a wild costumed parade in the old town. the roots of this go way back, to the 16th and 17th centuries. those clear spring days should be an ideal time to try to out the world's thinnest tall building, brighton's i360. it only opened last year on the city's seafront, marking the entrance to the old iconic west pier which burned down in 2003. and in hampshire, events are planned throughout the year to mark the 200th anniversary of the death of the pride and prejudice author, jane austen. the main focus for events is injune, but even now there are exhibitions, tours and performances taking place around her home city of winchester. finally this week, we're back

on the road in sudan. it's a country scarred by conflict and largely inaccessible for tourists, but with a bit of resolve and some careful planning it is possible to get there. last time, benjamin zand explored some of the country's impressive archaeological sites. this week, he's in the capital khartoum trying something a little more hands on. every friday at a.00pm, in haj yusef, khartoum, this ancient sport, originally thought up by nubian pharaohs, is still being practiced. for thousands of years, wrestling has been a fixture amongst the nubian tribes, in sudan, but it's notjust a game. the nuba are originally from the nubian mountains

in southern sudan, but now, as unrest pushes them away from their homeland, the sport has found another home in the capital, and for the locals it's a huge event. things are heating up here. these guys go in pretty hard. from the start, basically anybody can get involved, theyjust have an empty arena and all the little kids, kind of, jump in and wrestle each other and anybody can try it out. it's quite cool. i probably should try it out, but i'm not going to. after seeing how heated the matches were getting, i was happy i was only a spectator, but quickly i realised the organisers had other plans. 0h... i was told an international exhibition match was going to be taking place, one between sudan and britain. and, yes, you guessed it, i was going to be representing britain. i'm usually up for doing a lot of things, but wrestling a guy, in front of 2,000 people, is a bit further than what i usually go. so, i'm a bit nervous, the guy is kind of scary.

as preparations are made for the big showdown, i was given the chance to meet my opponent. all right, so this is my opponent. let's shake your hand, i look forward to it. here we go, i'm scared, i'm kind of scared. all right, sweet. that guy looks like he wants to kill me. then it was time to head out into the arena. oh, god. wish me luck, wish me luck! oh, no, they actually think this is like britain against sudan. it's a terrible decision. i am very scared. he doesn't know what i'm saying. i've got my knee braces on, time to lose my life. all right, here we go, let's go. i shake his hand. i don't even know what the rules are. i actually don't know what the rules are. this is going to end so badly. it actually started quite well, that's until my opponent took off his shirt in a display of ultimate warrior in this man on man death match.

what's going on? how did this happen? i spent the duration of the match running away from the opponent. i learnt later that you're not really meant to move backwards, only forwards, but they let me off as i was knew it and they probably knew i was going to lose. as things heated up, i used my premium agility skills, dodged my opponent's attempts to bring me down. with the crowd on my side, i decided to go in for the kill. but i failed massively, and i lost. as it was all over, i was happy i could now retreat to the changing room and think about what i'd just attempted, but in a celebration of british—sudanese relations, my opponent decided a parade around the arena would be more suitable. oh, my god, i lead a strange life! whilst in the arms of my new sudanese comrade,

i had time to reflect on what i was seeing. sudan is a very divided country when it comes to things like religion and ethnicity, but here, in the wrestling arena, it doesn't matter where you're from. even a young lad from liverpool can earn respect. that's all we've got time for in this week's travel show coming up next week, skiing in the danger zone. six years after the milngavie —— meltdown at fukushima, we find out how skiers are being enticed back. dojoin us out how skiers are being enticed back. do join us then out how skiers are being enticed back. dojoin us then if out how skiers are being enticed back. do join us then if you out how skiers are being enticed back. dojoin us then if you can. in the meantime, if you would like to keep up with what we are up to, signup to our media feeds. for now,

from me and the travel show team, would buy. —— goodbye. hello, this is breakfast, with ben thompson and rachel burden. jeremy corbyn insists he's staying on to finish the job as labour leader, despite the party's humiliating by—election defeat in copeland. in a speech today he'll urge labour members to stand together, but will admit he needs to do more to rebuild voters trust. good morning, it's sunday the 26th february.